CHAPTER 9. GRADES FOR SWEET POTATOES
IC 24-6-9
Chapter 9. Grades for Sweet Potatoes
IC 24-6-9-1
Indiana grades for sweet potatoes
Sec. 1. The following grades for sweet potatoes are hereby
established and shall be known as the Indiana Grades for sweet
potatoes.
Grade No. 1 shall consist of cured sweet potatoes from warm air
storage, shall be not less than one and one-half (1 1/2) inches and not
more than three and one-half (3 1/2) inches in diameter, and not less
than four (4) inches and not more than eleven (11) inches in length,
but the length may be less than four (4) inches if the diameter is two
and one-fourth (2 1/4) inches or more. Sweet potatoes which are
graded at the time they are dug shall be not less than one and
three-fourths (1 3/4) inches and not more than four (4) inches in
diameter. All sweet potatoes classed as grade No. 1 sweet potatoes
shall be sound, of similar varietal characteristics, practically free
from dirt or other foreign matter, frost injury, decay, bruises, cuts,
scars, cracks and damage caused by heat, disease, insects or
mechanical or other means. For the purposes of allowing for
variations incident to commercial grading and handling, five per cent
(5%) by weight, of any lot may not meet the requirements as to
diameter and length, and, in addition, six per cent (6%) by weight
may be below the other requirements of this grade.
Grade No. 2 shall consist of sound sweet potatoes, of similar
varietal characteristics, not meeting the requirements of grade No. 1,
which are free from serious damage caused by dirt or other foreign
matter, frost injury, decay, bruises, cuts, scars, cracks, heat, disease,
insects or mechanical or other means. Cured or dried sweet potatoes
classified as grade No. 2 shall be not less than one (1) inch and not
more than one and one-half (1 1/2) inches in diameter. Green sweet
potatoes shall be not less than one and one-half (1 1/2) inches and
not more than two (2) inches in diameter. For the purpose of
allowing for variations incident to commercial grading and handling,
five per cent (5%) by weight, of any lot of cured or dried sweet
potatoes may not meet the requirements as to diameter and length,
and, in addition, six per cent (6%) by weight, may be below the other
requirements of this grade; and five per cent (5%) by weight, of any
lot of green sweet potatoes may not meet the requirements as to
diameter and length.
(Formerly: Acts 1925, c.136, s.1.)